Abdominal Contents Flashcards
What is the deepest layer of anterior abdominal wall?
peritoneum
What is the peritoneum?
A continuous transparent serous membrane that lines the abdominal cavity and invests the viscera
What are the two continuous layers of peritoneum?
Parietal peritoneum and visceral peritoneum
The parietal peritoneum lines?
The internal surface of the abdominopelvic wall
The visceral peritoneum lines?
It invests the viscera
What is the only opening in viscera peritoneum?
Where the uterine tubes come in close contact with ovaries; explains ectopic pregnancies
The parietal peritoneum can be thought of as ‘somatic’. Why?
Same blood supply, lymphatic drainage pattern, and innervation as the region of the body wall it lines
The viscera peritoneum has poorly localized what?
Innervation; “referred pain”, blood and innervation according to organ it is associated with
When the two sheets of peritoneum come into contact with each other we have a fold called?
Mesentary
What are the three classifications for an organs relationship with peritoneum?
Intraperitoneal viscera, retroperitoneal viscera, subperitoneal viscera
What is intraperitoneal viscera OF FOREGUT? Example?
The organ is completely incased in the peritoneum; SI, liver, gallbladder, stomach
What is retroperitoneal viscera of foregut? Example?
Behind the peritoneum; kidney and pancreas
What is subperitoneal viscera? Example?
Below the peritoneum; pelvic organs, anything reproductive
What is the peritoneal cavity?
The space between the visceral and parietal peritoneum
What is asides?
Accumulation of fluid specific to abdominal cavity; typically peritoneal fluid in peritoneal cavity; usually caused by liver failure (called edema in skin)
